10th Ultrasound for Intensive Care

A practical course on the use of Ultrasound in the assessment and management of critically ill patients in Intensive Care, on Thursday 13 and Friday 14 October 2016, at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, 92 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4BH[Fully booked! Next available on Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 February 2017]

Become familiar with the physics of ultrasound, learn how to set up the machines and obtain diagnostic quality images

Understand training and accreditation requirements including logbook

Lectures and practical sessions including:

Obtaining Optimal Images: Machine Set Up, Knobology and Techniques

Introduction to FAST and Renal Tract

Chest Ultrasound

Ultrasound to Guide Procedures

Focused Echo Pathology Recognition

TOE in ITU

Ultrasound in Shock

Opportunities to practise on a variety of widely used US scanning machines

Meets one of the initial requirements towards CUSIC accreditation

Meets one of the initial requirements towards FICE accreditation

Pre-course preparation: delegates are given, in advance of the course, password-protected online access to reading material, including copies of lecture slides. There will be some mandatory pre-course reading – details to be forwarded.